(CHAINS RATTLE)
(DOOR SLAMS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHATTER)
Why did you bring me to a college bar?
I feel invisible here.
Because it's about time you got over that loser you were with.
No guy is gonna wanna go with a single mom who works as a secretary.
Tonight, you are not a single mom. You are single.
You're not a secretary.
You have a secretary.
And... how can you be invisible
when that guy's been staring at you all night?
That's a beautiful ring.
I didn't come to catch up, Ted.
(COINS JINGLE)
This is my last quarter. Better make it a good one.
I haven't seen you here before.
It's my first time out since I moved to Seattle.
Do you remember the night we met?
Yeah.
I fell in love with you the moment I saw you.
(COIN RATTLES IN SLOT)
(SLOW BALLAD PLAYS)
What do you say we get out of here?
I don't even know your name.
(WOMAN LAUGHS) Thanks again for driving me home.
TED: Of course. It was really fun.
- This is where I live. - OK.
I guess I better get going.
Sorry. It's late and I have school tomorrow.
Ted, this is Rachel, my, er... My sitter.
You can pay me later.
Bye.
I understand if you wanna go.
Why would I wanna do that?
Come in.
Are you sure you don't wanna run?
I'm really tired.
Do you wanna rest?
- (CHUCKLES) - Come on, let's rest.
(INHALES)
(BIRDS TWEET)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BABY LAUGHS)
TED: Hey.
- Hi. - Coffee?
- (BABY BABBLES) - OK.
Here you go.
(BABY BABBLES)
WOMAN: Good morning.
TED: You looked so pretty sleeping.
Just... I didn't wanna wake you.
Hey.
Do you want to tell Mom about breakfast?
We're making omelets, I found some bacon.
Do you like pancakes?
(GENTLE MUSIC)
REPORTER 1: From January to July of 1974,
the King County area was engulfed in a wave of fear
as young women were being attacked and murdered with alarming regularity.
Georgann Hawkins was last seen Monday evening shortly after midnight.
She had been visiting at the Beta house,
and was returning to her house just a half-block away down this alley.
REPORTER 2: King County police have started their investigation
after Janice Ott and Denise Naslund
vanished from Lake Sammamish State Park.
At least seven people at the crowded beach
saw a smooth-talking man with his arm in a cast
asking several women to help him load a boat onto a Volkswagen.
REPORTER 3: A composite picture was released to the news media.
REPORTER 4: A search was mounted
and police have been flooded with phone calls
from citizens who report seeing the suspect.
(PHONE RINGS)
OFFICER: King County Sheriff's Department.
Take a breath. Describe him for me, OK?
What kind of car did he drive?
(COUNTRY MUSIC ON RADIO)
(ENGINE ACCELERATES)
(POLICE SIREN)
(SIGHS)
(HANDBRAKE CREAKS)
- (SIREN STOPS) - (ENGINE STOPS)
Hi, officer. I... think I must be lost.
- You ran two stop signs, son. - I know.
I... couldn't make your car.
The headlights were in my eyes and, to be honest,
I got a little bit spooked.
- You got a license? - Yes, absolutely.
Somewhere. Yes, there.
So what's a kid from Seattle doing in Granger, Utah this time of the morning?
(CHUCKLES) No, no. I live in Salt Lake now.
I'm a law student over at the University of Utah.
My girlfriend lives in Seattle.
I'm actually... gonna propose to her as soon as I graduate.
Trying to save for that ring.
So if you could find it in your heart to let me off without a ticket,
I would really appreciate it.
(HANDCUFFS CLICK)
(BIRDS TWEET)
Hello!
Hello?
Stay here.
Hey.
Oh! What the...? What's that for?
How many stop signs did you run?
Have you ever been to the town of Murray?
What?
You don't actually believe this garbage, do you?
It's in all the papers, Ted.
OFFICER: Number six, step forward.
If you don't stop screaming, I'm gonna kill you.
Number seven, step forward.
If you don't stop screaming, I'm gonna kill you.
Now, miss, do you recognize any of these suspects?
- WOMAN: Number seven. - BAILIFF: Please rise.
You are hereby charged with aggravated kidnapping,
and attempted criminal assault.
I got your bail reduced. You'll be in Seattle with Liz tomorrow.
(GAVEL BANGS)
I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to... freak out.
Come here.
I know, it's hard being apart,
but we only have four semesters between us
and our place in the sound with a dog and a car.
(SNIFFS)
Just like we always dreamed.
- Ted! - Oh! Monkey! Hey, what's up?
Good to see you!
Oh, man! This sack of potatoes is getting pretty dang heavy.
(TED AND GIRL LAUGH)
I'm getting dizzy.
Come here. Give me a hug. Good to see you. I missed you.
(GIRL LAUGHS)
(CAR HORN IN THE DISTANCE)
GIRL: Can we get ice cream later?
That is such a good idea. I wish I could, but I can't.
I'm sorry. I have to pull an all-nighter tonight at the law library.
All-nighter?
I gotta make sure I'm the most prepared attorney in the court room
once my trial starts.
Why did she pick you out of the line-up?
My lawyer found out that the police showed her my picture beforehand.
Twice.
Of course I looked familiar.
That's not even the worst part.
What happened in Utah wasn't just dumb luck.
The police already had my name.
Someone gave it to 'em.
Someone gave your name to the authorities in Utah?
Hm-hmm.
Do you have any idea who'd do that to you?
Look, do you see that car out there?
It's been following me since I got back.
(SCOFFS) Either I'm going crazy... or I'm being set up.
Done! It's a thresher shark.
They have a tail as long as their whole body.
A tail as long as their whole body? That's crazy.
How the heck did you get so smart?
I get it from my mom.
You do, don't you? (CHUCKLES)
(QUIETLY) Everything's gonna be OK.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES GENTLY)
Er, excuse me, sir.
Could you come with me, please?
- Is there something wrong? - Just come with me, please.
Bring your coat.
OK.
You know this is ridiculous, right?
I'm closing soon anyway, so it's just better for everybody.
Oh, really? You're closing.
Close in 45 minutes.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
Hey.
Hey. Hey!
Who are you? Hey, stop! Hey! I know you're following me!
- What are you doing? Who sent you? - (TIRES SCREECH)
- (PAPER RUSTLES) - (SIGHS)
What are you doing?
Reading. I'm prepping for the trial.
With a flashlight under the sheets?
Yeah. I didn't wanna wake you up.
(TED LAUGHS)
You OK?
Yeah.
I think we should get married.
(LAUGHS)
Why is this happening right now?
A couple of college girls disappeared last year
around the University of Washington.
And two more girls
vanished in broad dayiight in a crowded state park
in, er... Near Seattle. You remember that?
- Lake Sammamish? - Yeah.
Witnesses say some guy was asking girls
to, er, help him put a sailboat on top of a car.
- Police put out a sketch. - I had the same car as the suspect.
A VW Bug. And my friends teased me about the resemblance to the sketch.
- But, jeez, nobody was serious. - Someone must have been.
Because your name landed on a suspect list in Seattle.
When Utah police got wind of that,
they started looking at you with a lot more interest
because something similar's happening to girls right here.
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
I was kicking him and screaming.
He held a small black gun to my head and said,
"If you don't stop screaming, I'm going to kill you.
I'll blow your brains out. "
Then I fell backwards out of his car and ran as fast as I could.
As best you recall, Carol,
is the man who approached you present in court today?
Hm-hmm. Yes.
PROSECUTOR: Can you point to where he's seated?
(SNIFFS)
Let the record state the identification of the defendant.
No more questions, Your Honor.
Hi, Miss DaRonch.
Had the police shown you a picture of my client
prior to your identification of him at the October 2nd line-up?
CAROL: Yes.
You did, in fact, pick his picture out of a pile,
but when asked specifically why you chose his picture, you stated,
"It looks something like him, but I really couldn't say for sure. "
Is that correct?
Hm-hmm.
The only remotely corroborative evidence you provided was a make of a vehicle.
It's a Volkswagen. (CHUCKLES) One of the post popular cars in America.
Yet his Volkswagen looks nothing like your description.
How do you square that?
(QUIETLY) They told me it was supposed to be...
Hmm? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you.
(SIGHS) They told me it was supposed to be the car.
Who did? Who told you that, Miss DaRonch?
(CAROL SNIFFS)
We all sympathize with your pain.
It is horrible what you went through.
But the fact of the matter is, you identified my client
because law enforcement wanted you to, didn't you?
I...
No. No further questions, Your Honor.
LIZ: I know the trial seems to be going well,
but are you sure you wanna do this right now?
Just because we don't have the house yet doesn't mean we can't look for the dog.
- (DOGS BARK) - Hm-hmm. OK.
- Carole Ann? - (CHUCKLES)
- Hi, stranger. - Oh, my God. Hi.
Wow! (LAUGHS)
What are you... What are you doing here? Do you live in Utah now?
No. Um, I'm just visiting some friends that work here.
- Right. - Hi.
- I'm Liz. - Yes, this is... my girlfriend.
We just got engaged, so...
Carole Ann and I used to work together at the Department of Emergency Services
- in Olympia, years ago. - Oh, that's nice.
Ted, I heard.
Everything's going to be OK, you know.
We're all behind you. One hundred percent.
Whoever this woman is who's accusing you,
I'm sure she's gotten mixed up with another handsome stranger.
Right. Well, I'm gonna take this handsome stranger
and, er, yeah it was nice to meet you, Carole Ann.
- It's good to see you. - LIZ: Bye.
(DOG BARKS)
What's her story?
I don't know, we're just old friends.
I haven't seen her in a long time.
- (TED SIGHS) - Oh! (CHUCKLES)
Check this guy out.
He looks like he'd be a good roommate.
Come here.
Promise you'll never leave me, Liz.
Because I honestly don't know what I'd do without you.
I would never.
(DOG WHINES)
Now, about that dog.
(DOG WHINES)
LIZ: He's so sweet.
Look at him.
(WOOFS)
(BARKS)
(DOG WHINES)
(GROWLS)
(WHIMPERS)
(♪ "SYMPHONY NO.9" BY BEETHOVEN)
- (TED BARKS) - (LIZ LAUGHS)
We're gonna get a dog one day, don't worry.
- What was he like? - (BARKS)
You're so weird!
- You fell in love with a weirdo. - I fell in love with a weirdo.
That makes you weird just by association.
Don't you have anything more lively to listen to?
- I don't wanna listen to this... opera. - TED: You don't like classical music?
- (MUSIC CONTINUES) - (LIZ LAUGHS)
(GLASS SMASHES)
(FUNK MUSIC)
(LIZ LAUGHS)
(LIZ YELPS)
Whoa!
(LIZ LAUGHS)
JUDGE: Will the defendant please rise?
By the power vested in me as both judge and jury,
I hereby find the defendant
guilty of aggravated kidnapping beyond a reasonable doubt.
You will be remanded to the Utah State Prison to await sentencing.
- This court is adjourned. - Ted!
(GAVEL BANGS)
Everything's gonna be... Listen, everything's gonna be fine.
- I'm sorry! - Just don't give up on me.
- I won't, I love you. - I'm gonna fix this.
I'm sorry.
(SOBS)
(GATE RATTLES)
(PRISONERS SHOUT IN THE DISTANCE)
(BUZZER)
(DOOR SLAMS)
LIZ: Is it scary?
TED: Um...
No, no, it's not scary, it's, er...
Let's just say that men convicted of crimes against women
have a short shelf-life in here.
Er, listen, Liz.
This whole thing is gonna be overturned, OK?
I've already filed an appeal. I've been working on it day and night.
I'm gonna be out of here as soon as I...
Everything's gonna be OK.
I wanna come see you.
I was really hoping you'd say that.
(PHONE RINGS)
University Medical Division.
Please hold.
Liz, you have a call on line two.
University Medical Division, this is Liz.
Hi, Liz. This is Detective Mike Fisher. Do you have a moment?
- About what? - I think you know what it's about.
Mind if I join you here?
What are you doin'?
Indexing 700 pages of testimony.
Sounds fun.
Not when it's about you.
What's your game? I'm kinda busy.
They told me he was cleared.
- FISHER: Who did? - Seattle authorities.
I don't work for King County, I work for Pitkin County.
- Where is that? - Colorado.
Colorado?
You ever been to Colorado, Ted?
Mister, I'm a full-time law student.
I barely have time to set foot off campus.
Is that a no?
Let me get back to plotting my escape here.
You were.
- I'm sorry? - You were a full-time law student.
For the record... my game is homicide.
Catch you later.
- I'm sorry. - We could really use your help, Liz.
There's nothing I can help you with.
And please don't call me here anymore.
John, hey. Give me some good news. Did the appeal go through?
I thought I told you not to talk to anyone.
Yeah, yeah. I didn't.
You didn't tell a homicide detective that you've never been to Colorado?
He had your gas slips. He knew you were gonna lie. He was baiting you.
He's extraditing you for murder.
- But I... I didn't lie. - You've never been to Colorado?
Yes, I've been to Colorado.
I've been to Colorado tons of times. I'm an avid skier.
- Well... - I was just with Liz in Colorado.
This is outrageous. Since when is it a crime to go to Colorado?
Since homicide detectives in surrounding states
starting looking for commonalities in their open cases
and found ways to make you fit.
You have to stop this. They are railroading me...
I'm not licensed in Colorado.
There are some good attorneys I can give you the names of,
- but they're expensive. - John, please.
Otherwise, they'll provide a public defender.
- No, no, John, John, please. - Good luck, Ted.
No, John, hey! (MUFFLED) No, please, John!
John, John! John! John!
(DOOR CLOSES)
Bad day?
Ted's been sent to Colorado.
WOMAN: Colorado? I thought he was being held in Utah.
It's about another missing girl, isn't it?
It's a mistake, Jo.
The news said King County is looking at him in connection
to the two girls that disappeared from Lake Sammamish that one summer.
You remember? That sketch that we saw? It looked just like him.
That sketch looked like everybody.
Well, his name is on the suspect list.
There were over 30,000 names at one point.
Every brown-haired guy with a Volkswagen Bug.
It's a mistake.
- The police said he was cleared. - How do you even know that?
And why is he in jail?
And how did his name get on that suspect list?
I think you should leave.
- I think you should leave! - OK.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(LIZ SOBS)
(SOBS)
- TED: Guess where I am. - Where?
I'm sitting in an office
in Aspen Courthouse. Can you hear my chains jangling?
- No, I can't. - You know why?
Because I'm not wearing any!
I convinced the judge to make me co-counsel,
so I have all the benefits of, like, a regular lawyer.
I get to use the library as much as I want.
I get a big desk, they gave me a typewriter
and uncensored use of the phone.
So I called you to see how you're doing.
All the other prisoners just think that I'm some bigwig or something.
Can we talk later?
I have a headache and I have to work.
Yeah, but hold on one sec. Liz... Liz, Liz, Liz.
(PHONE RINGS)
University Medical Division, this is Liz.
I wanted to tell you about this book. Have you ever heard of Papillon?
- A book? - Yeah, it's about this guy
who's wrongfully convicted of a terrible, terrible crime
and he gets sentenced to life,
- but he didn't do it, and, er... - Goodbye, Ted.
Wait, Liz...
(PHONE RINGS)
- What? - TED: Please, just don't hang up.
He obsesses over the day that he'll be free again
and spends years hatching escapes,
getting caught, punished, beaten, betrayed.
But he never loses hope. And that's my wish for us, Liz.
That we never lose hope.
Does he make it out?
I'm not gonna give away the ending.
- Call me tonight. - OK, I'll call you tonight.
- (LIZ HANGS UP) - GUARD: Hey, buddy.
Off the ledge.
Sure.
PROSECUTOR: The State of Colorado seeks to prosecute the defendant
for the murder of Caryn Campbell, who disappeared from a well-lit hallway
at the Wildwood Inn in Aspen.
A month later, her nude body was found in a snowbank several miles away.
JUDGE: Will the defendant please rise?
As a pre-trial, we're not here to consider
the credibility of the evidence.
Only its existence.
And after careful consideration,
this court rules in favor of the defendant
standing trial for the murder of Caryn Campbell.
Your Honor, the State also seeks a hearing to consider the death penalty,
should the trial come to that phase.
We'll determine that at a later date.
For now, the defendant shall be held without bail.
- This court is adjourned. - (GAVEL BANGS)
(CHATTER)
- The death penalty? - It's just a formality.
Their case is circumstantial at best.
It's a slam dunk.
Oh, that's funny. My last lawyer said the same thing.
(♪ "LUCKY MAN" BY JIM JAMES)
TED: Have you bought your plane ticket?
I can't do another trial, Ted.
You have to come.
Liz, you have to come.
Liz, promise me that you'll come.
Liz.
Liz!
Liz! (ECHOES)
(PHONE RINGS OUT)
(HITS WALL)
REPORTER: Ted, you're a law student
standing trial for murder here in Colorado.
You've also been convicted
in Utah of attempted kidnapping.
Yet you adamantly maintain your innocence.
Does this make you angry?
Er, sure. Sure, I get...
I get angry. Er... And indignant.
REPORTER: So you're not guilty?
I mean, does that include the time
that I stole a comic book when I was five years old?
I'm not guilty.
I am comfortable with my blanket statement that I am innocent.
Do you think the police have done a bad job
because you're an innocent guy here, sitting in prison?
As long as the police keep their heads in the sand
about me, people are going to continue showing up,
dead or missing from the canyons in Colorado
to the Salt Lake Valley.
Um... and young women are going to continue to be threatened
by that person. Or persons.
REPORTER: Do you ever think about getting out?
Legally. Sure.
JUDGE: Does the defense have anything further to add
in this pre-trial sentencing consideration?
Your Honor,
the defense requests that the court exclude the death penalty
on the grounds that seeking it is often arbitrary and capricious.
JUDGE: The court will consider your arguments, Mr. Dumas.
Let's take a 15-minute recess
before concluding with the prosecution's final arguments.
- (GAVEL BANGS) - Come on. Let's get some air.
Er, you know what?
I need to make a phone call. I need to call Liz.
Excuse me. Deputy?
He needs to use the phone in the library.
- All right, make it short. - Thank you.
Be right back.
(TED SIGHS)
(DIALS NUMBER)
(DIALING TONE)
Hey.
(CHUCKLES) I'm good, how are you?
Er... Things are going well.
So?
You came all the way from Ohio just for this little trial?
Listen, I really just called to tell you how much I miss you.
(DIALING TONE)
Well, this is just a regular day for me.
The other day, walking down Main Street,
I heard this screaming from this record store.
There's this kid with a record running right at me.
So I unholster my service weapon,
making like I was about to discharge... Er, that means shoot.
(♪ "THE LETTER" BY THE BOX TOPS)
(GRUNTS)
(DOG BARKS)
(TED PANTS)
(DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
(LAUGHS)
Just give me one minute.
(PHONE BEEPS)
Oh, shit!
- (TIRES SCREECH) - (HORN BLARES)
(DOG BARKS)
He went that way!
The subject has been spotted heading north-east of the court.
(PANTS)
JUDGE: Mr. Dumas!
Where the hell is your client?
DUMAS: I have no idea,
Your Honor. They don't teach you this in law school.
JUDGE: Let the record reflect that the defendant has escaped custody
and a bench warrant has been issued for his arrest.
I guess we're adjourned.
(SIREN WAILS)
(SIREN FADES)
REPORTER: The drama started
when a man walking along Aspen's Main Street
saw someone jump out of those windows in Aspen's courthouse.
He walked downstairs in the courthouse and asked the sheriff's secretary
if it was normal for somebody to be leaping out of those windows.
Roadblocks have been set up...
Liz, this is crazy. He will never come here.
I mean, the cops are probably on a round-the-clock stake-out.
- I need a drink. - You already had one.
Since when is it a crime to take the edge off every once in a while?
Since your little girl started asking why her mommy is so sad.
And it's not just once in a while.
So don't soft-pedal this and make me out to be the bad guy.
You do this every day.
You read those letters from Ted, you drink, you cry.
I take care of myself.
I'm a good mother!
You are a great mother.
But you are in denial.
- What is it about this guy? - (SCOFFS)
When I feel his love,
I feel like I'm on top of the world.
And when I don't, I feel like I'm nothing.
What if the only thing he's guilty of is running a stop sign?
He's been convicted of attempted abduction in Utah.
Accused of murder in Colorado.
His name is being tossed around
in connection to other murders in other states.
Liz...
You know this didn't start with a stop sign.
REPORTER: Ted Bundy has been recaptured after spending
nearly six days of freedom in the mountains near Aspen.
This morning, he was returned to court
and arraigned on numerous additional charges
relating to his escape.
(BUZZER)
(DOOR OPENS)
Go ahead. Let me see your hands.
Thanks, guys.
- Oh, my gosh. - (DOOR SLAMS)
Hmm.
So, what do you think?
- (TED SIGHS) - (LIZ LAUGHS)
- Outside, fresh air. - Fancy.
Merry Christmas.
LIZ: I'm sorry, I...
I didn't get you anything.
No, I... You brought me the only thing I wanted in the entire world.
Gonna open it?
Yeah.
I've read it four times.
You remember what it's about, don't you?
Never lose hope.
You haven't, have you?
I know this is hard.
Believe me, it's hard for me too. It's so hard.
And running was foolish of me.
But you weren't answering my calls.
I didn't know what to do, I thought I was...
gonna lose you. I got scared.
Your lawyer called.
And he said the Utah appeal was rejected.
I'm gonna take this all the way to the Supreme Court.
They're not giving you probation, they're giving you 15 years.
That's a maximum.
That's a maximum, OK? No one gets a maximum, first conviction.
You're facing 90 more for running.
I have this under control, Liz.
I have it figured out. It's all up here, OK?
I can't do this anymore, Ted.
What are you... What are you talking about, Liz?
Liz, look at me. Liz, Liz, look at me.
Do you not love me anymore?
No, I do. (SNIFFS)
I do, and that's the problem.
What if I get out?
(QUIETLY) I can get outta here. I know I can.
And we could go away. We could go to Canada.
We can do whatever we wanna do. I promise.
We could... It would be... We'd be free. It would be fine.
This is from Molly.
What? No, Liz, please don't go.
- Liz? - (BUZZER)
Come on! Liz!
- Liz! - (DOOR SLAMS)
(SNIFFS)
(SHOWER RUNS)
(WATER PIPES RATTLE)
(RATTLING CONTINUES)
(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICK)
Hey.
So, what's your resolution?
For New Year's.
Er... Mine's to lose a couple of belt notches.
Although I always manage to find them later.
(SIGHS)
I don't really have one.
Ah, come on. Everybody's got something they want,
something they want to get rid of.
What if you don't know which one it is?
TED: "Dear Liz, there are many things I can live without. "
(PHONE RINGS OUT)
"You are not one of them. "
So are you going anywhere for the holidays?
Um... No, I think Molly and I will stay here.
- Do things at home. - That's nice.
What about you? Any, er... big plans?
No. (LAUGHS)
I was gonna make something up, but...
Planning to sleep.
Sleep through the holiday.
(MACHINE CLATTERS)
(METALLIC SCRAPING)
Hey, this isn't working.
(WATER PIPES RATTLE)
(RATTLING STOPS)
How's your sandwich?
Same as yesterday.
Do you want some? (LAUGHS)
- (CHUCKLES) No. - I didn't think so.
(PHONE RINGS)
- Hello. - JO: Turn on the TV.
REPORTER: To FBI officials, the 33-year-old Utah law student
is on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
He has successfully eluded both police dogs and roadblocks.
One of the first victims he is suspected of killing...
- (KNOCKING AT DOOR) - ... was Lynda Ann Healy,
a 21-year-old University of Washington student
who disappeared from her Seattle apartment in January of 1974.
Evening, ma'am. Sorry to bother you.
I'm Detective Mike Fisher.
I talked to you on the phone.
Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Mind if I come in? - I'm good right here.
OK, well, I'm assuming that you know that Ted escaped.
Well, it's all over the news.
I can't stress enough how important it is that you notify me
if he contacts you.
If you do know something that you're not telling me,
you would be guilty of aiding and abetting.
You came all the way from Colorado to tell me that?
I thought that you should see first-hand just how serious this is.
If you help us to get him, you can prevent it from happening again.
Whatever you think you know about him, it's all a lie.
Ma'am, there are things you don't know,
that I can't tell you right now,
that will shock you beyond your worst nightmares.
It's only a matter of time before the cards are on the table,
and when they are, they will rack you.
Is that it?
Sooner or later, you're gonna have to confront the truth.
For everyone's sake,
including yours, I hope it's soon.
Goodnight.
(♪ "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY" BY THELMA HOUSTON)
TED: I'm studying to be a lawyer. With all these transfers,
it's taking longer than I expected.
Are you guys in a sorority?
- Yeah. - I knew it.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
(MUSIC FADES AND ECHOES)
REPORTER 1: Frightened co-eds at Florida State University
walked to class in groups today, while detectives tried to track a man
who slipped into a sorority house early yesterday and murdered two women.
REPORTER 2: The killer struck first at the Chi Omega sorority house.
Police say he was armed with a heavy oak log.
He clubbed and then strangled to death
20-year-old Lisa Levy and 21-year-old Margaret Bowman.
At least one of them was raped.
Then he brutally beat three more sleeping co-eds,
and then struck again, six blocks away,
nearly killing another young woman.
The killer came in from the night
and then returned to it with an ease that has so far baffled police
and left most co-eds here terrified.
What kind of a person do you think is at large?
Well, I'd rather say we've got a very disturbed, sick individual.
(♪ "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY" ON RADIO)
(POLICE SIREN WAILS)
(SLAMS STEERING WHEEL)
(SIGHS)
Shit, shit, shit.
Shit.
(TED EXHALES SHARPLY)
Evening, officer.
Sorry, I couldn't make out your headlights
and I think I... just got a little bit spooked.
Can I see your license and registration, please?
Absolutely. Yes, of course.
(SIGHS)
Got it right here.
(OFFICER GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
Stop!
Stop or I'll shoot!
- JO: Now you... - LIZ: Yes.
Do you have a ten?
- Hmm. Go fish. - Oh! Well...
- (PHONE RINGS) - Oh.
- Hello. - TED: I'm in Florida.
I'm in custody.
I made a deal with the police.
They wouldn't announce my arrest until I could call you first.
They didn't know who I was.
I finally gave them my name for this phone call.
It's gonna be bad when it breaks, Liz. Real bad.
I did not do these things.
I'm innocent.
(BUZZER)
(DOOR OPENS)
(BUZZER)
Are you my lawyer?
That's funny, I thought you were one.
(CHUCKLES)
The game... is over, Ted.
Your days of walking without the clatter of chains are gone.
You see, Florida is the buckle of the death belt,
and it's my job to... tighten things up in a major way.
That's a bit excessive for stealing a car,
- don't you think? - (CHUCKLES)
That's a thresher shark.
They have tail that is as long as their...
(PAPER CRUMPLES)
I'm the sheriff of this town.
Washington missed you.
Utah gave you away.
Colorado lost you.
I'm gonna fry you.
(BUZZER)
TED: Hey.
Hey, hey, hey! Hey! What the hell? What the fuck is going on?
- GUARD: Stay down! - TED: What are you doing? (YELLS)
PHOTOGRAPHER: I got it.
(PANICKED GASPS)
There was an indictment last night in the aftermath of a brutal crime
in Tallahassee, Florida. And what was unusual
about the indictment was how it was delivered.
REPORTER 2: Reporters were invited to an event rare in criminal cases.
Leon County Sheriff Ken Katsaris conducted a public reading
of the indictment of defendant Theodore Bundy
in front of the gathered press.
Please step out now, Ted.
What do we have here, Ken?
What is that? Oh! It's an indictment.
- Why don't you read that to me? - Yes, I think I will, Ted.
- In the name... - You're up for re-election, aren't you?
- Re-election? In the name of, and by... - You said you were gonna get me.
- ... the authority of the State... - He said he was gonna get me.
- ... you are charged with... - You got the indictment.
- That's all you're gonna get. - You are charged
with two counts of murder in the first degree
and three counts of attempted murder.
I'll plead not guilty right now.
And three... and three counts of attempted murder
in the first degree in the Chi Omega sorority killings.
My chance to talk to the press. This is it.
Well, we have displayed the prisoner now.
Yeah, I've been kept in isolation.
I've been kept away from the press. I have been buried by you.
You've been talking. It's my turn to talk now.
We have a court order.
There'll be no press interviews.
Yeah, of course. That makes perfect sense.
Because I'm gagged and you're not.
You know what? I will be heard.
Thank you, Ken. Thank you.
- Thank you, Ted. - Yeah, thanks, Ken.
There'll be no questions at this time. No questions.
REPORTER: The search for evidence linking Theodore Bundy
to the Chi Omega killings continues.
"NewsWatch Ten" has learned
that analysis of the more than 200 fingerprints
found at the crime scene do not match Bundy's.
- REPORTER 2: Bundy has been living... - (PHONE RINGS)
.. in this Tallahassee apartment since he escaped
from a Colorado prison on New Year's Eve.
The apartment is less than a mile from the Chi Omega sorority house.
REPORTER 3: Residents there say he never unpacked his belongings,
that his room was always in disarray,
and that he slept only in a sleeping bag.
- (PHONE RINGS) - (BREATHES DEEPLY)
(PHONE RINGS)
(RINGING TONE)
TED: Directory assistance please.
(BUZZER)
CAROLE ANN: Oh, Ted.
What have they done to you?
Are you OK? Why are you limping?
I'm fine, I'm fine. There's a problem with my leg.
(EXHALES)
- I run too fast. - (THEY LAUGH)
Hey, no touching.
Yeah, I know, thank you.
Relax.
(SIGHS)
I can't believe what they've managed to do.
They're using me as a ploy
for the sheriff to win points in the next election.
I'm being used for political gain.
- My God, of course. - Think about it.
He's been spinning his wheels on this sorority case
and the biggest fish in America lands right in his little pond.
What do you think he's gonna bet on?
I literally just autographed my own wanted poster.
I'm more popular than Disney World.
(TED CHUCKLES)
It would probably feel good to...
have a familiar face around.
You might wanna move to Florida?
Why not?
There are worse places to be.
It's great to see you.
GUARD: No touching.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(LOUDER KNOCKING)
Hey.
Er... Brought you some chicken soup.
Thank you.
You haven't been at work all week, so I figured you were sick.
All right. All right. Feel better.
Do you wanna come in?
Yeah.
Molly will be home from school soon.
Sorry, it's... a mess.
That's OK. Cleaner than my place.
(LIZ LAUGHS)
(BUZZER)
Thank you.
Ted.
I'm Dan Dowd, I'll be your lead counsel.
I've got a great team of public defenders waiting in a private room.
(DOOR SLAMS)
We're gonna get you the best defense taxes can buy.
Shall we go meet them so we can discuss this in private?
Oh, anything you have to say, you can say in front of Carole Ann.
Yeah. Go ahead, have a seat.
Hi, Carole Ann. Dan Dowd.
Is it true?
You're putting news cameras in the courtroom?
It will be the first nationally televised trial in history.
If you make it to trial, that is.
The State's offering a deal, Ted.
If you plead guilty to the murder charges,
they've agreed to recommend life sentences instead of the death penalty.
That's a joke, right?
We should really go and discuss this with the rest of the team, Ted.
If you think there's a chance in hell I'll plead guilty to these charges,
you're out of your fucking mind.
Let's discuss this another time, OK?
OK.
Great to meet you, Carole Ann.
(BUZZER)
My own lawyers are against me.
This is a nightmare. I'm so sorry, Ted.
Tell me what I can do to help.
You know, maybe I could set the facts straight on the outside
and make sure your side of the story is heard.
That would help a lot.
I'm under a gag order.
I can't say anything.
You'd be willing to do that for me?
Of course.
Ted, I'm staying in Florida.
I would never ask you to do anything like this. I...
GUARD: No touching.
You're not asking. I'm insisting.
Ted, you need me.
It wasn't an accident I saw you in Utah.
I don't have friends in Utah.
I was there for you.
When I saw you were engaged... I got cold feet.
(EXHALES) This trial could get ugly.
I don't know, but... I mean, you could hear some really awful things.
Can't be any worse than what they're already saying on TV.
What do they know?
Not the truth.
REPORTER: Mr. Simpson!
- Do you have any comments on the trial? - Let me say this.
This man is a threat to society.
He has made a mockery of our justice system.
That may have worked on the other side of the Rockies,
but as lead prosecutor for the great State of Florida,
I have every intention of showing him how we do things in the Sunshine State.
Now, this trial will be televised, so you can judge for yourself.
That's all I have. Let's go.
REPORTER 1: The State of Florida
is going to officially begin testing its case
against Theodore Robert Bundy,
the defendant described by some Miami residents
as crazed and warped, by others as cool-headed and engaging.
A jury of his peers selected by Mr. Bundy is a diversified lot.
REPORTER 2: Twelve jurors and three alternates were selected
in the Theodore Bundy murder trial.
REPORTER 3: Inside the courtroom, the trial will be covered
by a still photographer and one television camera.
Upstairs, there are some 250 reporters
and television technicians from around the country.
BAILIFF: Court will come to order.
Please rise for the Honorable Judge Edward D Cowart.
Please sit.
In regard to the camera, we are conducting the public's business
and we're gonna do it in the sunshine.
After all, this is Florida.
(LAUGHTER)
You look nice, partner.
Thank you, Your Honor.
I'm disguised as an attorney today.
(LAUGHTER)
Well then, let's put on a show.
(LAUGHTER)
COWART: You may proceed, Mr. Simpson.
Ladies and gentlemen.
This case is so much more than a double murder.
(QUIETLY) Don't let his opening statement faze you.
- Show no emotion at all. - SIMPSON: This case
is about catching a monster.
In the early morning hours of January 15th, 1978,
a young woman arrived home to the Chi Omega sorority house.
She heard a thump upstairs.
A man ran down, carrying an oak log, and fled.
The young woman went upstairs to investigate,
where her sorority sister
stumbled out of her bedroom spitting up blood
because her face had been smashed.
Her roommate's too. She was sitting on her bed in a daze.
They were the lucky ones.
In the room next over, another young woman
was lying face down in her own blood.
Her neck had been twisted at an inhuman angle.
Jaw was broken.
She was missing a nipple.
Her body had bite marks on it.
She'd been raped. And strangled.
Strangled with a pantyhose garrote so tight
that her neck was constricted to half its size.
This next girl...
We're still not sure if she died from strangulation
or the blow to her head that left a baseball-sized hole in her skull.
We do know that her underwear was torn off with such force,
it left burn marks on her thigh.
- Thank you. - (BREATHES HEAVILY)
REPORTER: Each day, the courtroom is filled with spectators
drawn by a fascination with the gruesome details of the crimes.
What is unusual to see is that many of the onlookers are women. Young women.
Every night, when I go home, I get very scared
and shut the door and lock it.
But, you know, he's... also really dreamy.
I'm not afraid of him. He just doesn't seem like the type to kill somebody.
I try to imagine myself in his place and imagine what he's feeling.
And I wonder whether he did it or not.
REPORTER: The young women themselves aren't too sure
what it is that attracts them to the trial.
I do think this is, in an underlying sense, a sexual attraction.
- Why do you do it? - I don't know. I guess I love him.
REPORTER: One woman, Carole Boone, believes Bundy is completely innocent.
Some have called her his girlfriend.
CAROLE ANN: What if I started by saying the media is against you.
You can't explicitly call the media a villain.
You have to be more creative than that.
It is obvious that the media has already convicted him
before he's had his day in court.
It's obvious the media has already convicted Ted
before he's had his day in court.
To broadcast that...
And to broadcast it on a national stage,
it's the first step in undercutting the judicial system,
because it makes it about getting ratings,
not about getting the truth.
(REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS)
SIMPSON: Please continue, Detective Chapman.
When we questioned him about the crimes, he declined to have an attorney present.
- He asked not to have counsel? - That's right.
(QUIETLY) Object. He's lying.
You need to trust me if we're to...
- Defender, do your job. - I am.
Then he asked we turn off the recorder, that no notes be taken.
- So, this was off the record? - He thought so.
The State of Florida allows bugs.
Surreptitious recording devices.
But it malfunctioned. That's why that part of the tape cuts out.
- What part was that, Detective? - His confession.
(QUIETLY) Do something or I will!
What did he say in his confession?
He said he was a vampire.
- (SLAMS DESK) - Objection!
DOWD: Ted!
It's narration on behalf of the witness, Your Honor.
Sustained.
Your Honor!
TED: Your Honor,
I also move to have the detective's entire testimony
stricken from the record,
on the basis that the word "surreptitious"
should automatically disqualify anything masquerading as evidence,
being that it's synonymous with secret, stealthy, clandestine,
sneaky, sly, furtive, concealed and hidden.
Your Honor, is he allowed to keep talking?
No true evidence should, could or would ever be described in such terms.
Your Honor! The jury...
The objection is sustained.
The jury is admonished to disregard the witness's testimony
as it pertains to the alleged confession.
Your Honor, one other thing, while I have your ear.
Er, quit while you're ahead, partner.
You'll notice I didn't say how far ahead, bless your heart.
OK, thank you. Thank you, Your Honor.
(TED CLEARS HIS THROAT)
(WHISPERS) When I say object, object.
REPORTER: Defense attorneys have found Theodore Bundy to be a difficult client.
- The jury is unaware of the squabbles. - (PHONE RINGS)
These conflicts have apparently not affected the way the defendant
views his chances of acquittal.
(PHONE STOPS RINGING)
- (LINE RINGS OUT) - (BUZZER)
(LINE RINGS OUT)
(HANGS UP RECEIVER)
Who were you calling?
Er, just...
lawyers.
Oh, Bunny.
How do you keep your spirits up?
Don't you get down?
I never lose hope.
TED: There is no justification for the treatment I have been receiving.
This is a game!
And I will not be party to it. I will not stay in this kind of Waterloo.
There comes a time when I have to say "whoa".
If you say "whoa", I'm gonna have to use spurs.
(TED CHUCKLES) Since I have been...
No, don't shake your finger at me, young man.
I have been strip-searched after seeing...
Don't shake your finger at me!
That's fine, you can shake it at Mr. Dowd.
TED: I'm sorry, and you're right. Since I have been in Dade County,
I did not have any choice in the selection of my attorneys.
Sir, I don't know of any case where an individual has received
the quality and quantity of counsel you have.
It is unheard of. You have had more counsel than a duck has quacks.
I have never seen anything like it in my 27 years trying cases at the bar.
REPORTER: There were few victories for accused murderer Theodore Bundy.
First, a member of the defense team handed out a motion
which calls for the removal of all cameras from the courtroom.
The motion says media interferes with the defendant's right to a fair trial.
But Judge Edward Cowart refused and the motion was denied.
In another blow, Judge Cowart also denied a motion
to suppress evidence from a case in Utah where several items were seized...
Mom?
What is this?
Hmm?
- Some kind of ambush? - No, Bunny, no.
Your lawyers have something important they want to discuss.
OK.
I thought it'd be best your mom be here too.
OK, all right.
I wouldn't be able to live if I lost you.
Did he put you up to this?
Ted, when you consider the evidence they have,
combined with pre-trial publicity,
it's highly likely they can secure convictions.
And because of the nature of the offenses, several death sentences.
I'm not pleading, OK?
A mother cannot outlive her son.
Mom, look at me.
I am innocent. You know that, right?
I did not do these things,
despite what anyone here may have told you.
- I want the world to know that. - CAROLE ANN: We know.
I want everyone to know that.
We know, your mom knows, we all know you're innocent.
We're gonna fight every day to make sure everyone else does too.
But... if they take your life, it'll all be for nothing.
(SIGHS)
OK.
That's the way you want me to go, all right. OK. I'll consider the plea.
Happy? Can we all disband now, please?
- This is really awkward. - Guard.
Jesus Christ.
Thank you.
Don't be angry, Teddy, we're just trying to help you.
What the hell are you thinking?
Bringing my mom into this?
Don't ever do that again. Ever.
I was just trying to help.
I'm sorry, I'm...
I love you.
I just don't want 'em to take your life.
I don't trust this jury. I'm scared.
I'm really scared, Ted.
(WHISPERS) It's the right thing to do, Ted.
I understand there is a matter you'd like to present to the court.
Your Honor.
Never have I encountered a man
so dedicated,
and brazen
in coercing his own client into admitting guilt.
It makes me wonder if he has the stamina or basic mental acuity
to roll up his sleeves and do the hard work.
I will not accept my so-called attorney's advice
that I plead guilty to save my own life.
I am, in fact, not guilty.
And I demand a discharge of my roundly inept counsel
as is my right under Faretta versus California.
Your Honor, I would like to resign as counsel.
Counselor's first words I can agree to.
- Fuck you! - Counselors, muzzle yourselves.
I'll consider the motion granted.
How's this for motion?
- (GAVEL BANGS) - (CHATTER)
REPORTER: From the beginning of the trial, accused murderer Theodore Bundy
has demanded that he be allowed to take an active part in his own defense.
Now, with only a few days left, the former law student announced
he intended to take over as chief counsel.
The prosecution is expected to wrap up its case this afternoon
with further testimony from its star witness.
MAN: This is an enlarged photograph of the defendant's teeth.
REPORTER: Dr. Richard Souviron, a Miami forensic odontologist,
showed the pictures of the teeth of the defendant Theodore Bundy
and the bite mark found on the body of one of the slain co-eds.
He showed the court the peculiarities
of Bundy's slightly crooked upper front teeth.
You can see the double bite which exhibits the same unique pattern
as the defendant's chipped upper-right central incisor.
And, Doctor, can you offer an opinion,
within a reasonable degree of scientific certainty,
whether or not those teeth represented in that photograph
made the bite marks on the buttocks of Lisa Levy?
Yes, sir, I can.
The defendant's teeth made those marks.
SIMPSON: No further questions.
I pass the witness. Doctor, you may return to the witness box.
TED: Dr. Souviron,
is there any way to test whether those teeth
will make the same marks over and over?
Yes. I took models of the defendant's teeth and I went to the morgue.
And I pressed those models into the buttocks area of different individuals.
And, yes, they do match.
I'm sorry, Dr. Souviron, you did this experiment on cadavers?
Well, I couldn't find any live volunteers.
I have to question the competency of this expert witness.
I question the competency of this entire trial.
This is a farce!
Dr. Souviron, on that, we could not agree more.
(LAUGHTER AND WHOOPING)
I feel duty-bound to remind you in the gallery
that you are not on spring break.
You are not waiting for the Flipper and Friends show at SeaWorld.
It is a capital murder case.
The court has already ruled
on this witness's expertise, counselor.
And you are skating on thin ice,
and ice does not last long in Florida.
Yes, Your Honor.
(PAPERS DROP ON DESK)
(TED CLEARS HIS THROAT)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
REPORTER: The case of Ted Bundy, suspected of murdering two co-eds
and beating three others a year and a half ago,
- has caught the attention... - (PHONE RINGS)
LIZ: Would you mind getting that?
Er, yeah, sure.
Hello?
Who is this?
Is... is this Ted?
Yes. This is Ted.
And I would like to speak to Liz.
You can't call her anymore.
You're killing her.
Then will you please give her a message for me?
Can you do that, please?
Can you tell her, er...
Can you tell her that I love her?
(SLAMS PHONE DOWN)
(LIZ'S ECHOING LAUGHTER)
(ECHOING LAUGHTER)
(LIZ LAUGHS)
(TED EXHALES)
(CAROLE ANN MOANS)
TED: Yeah.
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
(GASPS) Oh, wow.
Ted?
Ted.
Look at me!
Huh?
Do you...
Do you still love her?
What are you talking about? Who?
- Oh, my God. - No.
- Oh, my God, I'm so stupid. - Carole Ann.
I just uprooted my entire life for you.
She's not here!
But you love her!
I don't! I don't. She abandoned me.
She left me! She's gone.
What about me?
- I love you. - You're here.
You're right here.
I almost married that girl.
And you know what?
You're the one I should have married.
(GASPS) Do you mean that?
Yeah.
Just imagine it.
I'll get outta here.
We can get a house
on the sound.
- With a Mercedes. - (CHUCKLES)
And a dog.
I can hear him barking.
Can you?
I'm allergic to dogs.
But that sounds nice.
Oh, Ted. (SIGHS)
I just wish we didn't have to wait.
Who says we have to wait? We don't.
(SIGHS)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Ms. Boone.
Did you visit me while I was being held in Florida,
in custody in February 1978?
Yes. Yes, I did.
And to the best of your memory,
did I have any sort of chip in my front tooth
- at that time? - No.
No, you most definitely did not.
TED: Your Honor, I think you see what I'm getting at here.
I would like to subpoena all newspapers to turn over their negatives of me.
If the chip did not occur until March 1978,
two months after the Chi Omega crimes,
and the State's odontologists say otherwise,
then the State's odontologists have obviously taken my teeth
and twisted them every which way but loose to fit.
Son, you can jump up and down, hang from the chandelier,
but the court will not dash out for new evidence at your command.
Is there no work ethic left here in Florida?
You impress me not, sir.
Well, the feeling is mutual, Your Honor.
I'm sure it is, bless your heart.
And unless there's anything else, Ms. Boone may be excused.
No, there is one... just one more thing.
Your Honor.
Will you marry me?
(CHATTER)
- Your Honor... - Yes. (CHUCKLES)
Then I do, hereby... marry you.
Are you shitting me? Objection!
Your Honor, a public declaration properly phrased in an open courtroom
in the presence of court officers
constitutes a lawful marriage here in Florida.
Indeed it does.
(CHATTER)
(GAVEL BANGS)
REPORTER: Prosecutors dismissed Bundy's marriage proposal as a charade.
Was it him who called the other day?
I know you unplug the phones when I fall asleep.
What did he say?
- It doesn't matter. - What did he say?
He froze.
He froze because he knew that I knew what he was.
They're gonna send him to the chair, Liz.
That's an easier out than this torture you're putting yourself through
because you won't let him go.
He's killing you because you're letting him.
You're just jealous because Ted and I have a bond you and I never could.
Now you're just trying to hurt me.
Get out.
Get out!
- You need to let him go. - Get out!
- You need to let him go. - Get out! Get out! Get out!
Get out! Get out!
- (SOBS) - Shh-shh.
It's OK.
- I wish I could take it all back. - It's OK.
(SOBS)
Take what back?
Why do you act like...
like you're responsible for the things that happened to him?
I'm the one who gave his name to the police.
REPORTER: He was described as 5'7" to 5'8",
neck length hair, brown to light-brown,
dark tan, 160 pounds, cast on the left arm.
OFFICER: King County Sheriff's Department.
Back when those girls disappeared from Lake Sammamish.
I saw... the sketch.
Minor resemblance, but it's very, very minor, and...
What kind of car did he drive?
It's a 1968 Volkswagen Bug. But it's kind of a light beige.
Let me stop you right there.
It's the right car, but it's the wrong color.
He's not the guy.
I can put his name down if it'll help you sleep at night.
- What is his name? - Er...
Ted.
Ted Bundy.
I could be the reason that he's there, because everybody's assuming
that all these other murders were done by Ted
and all I did was call his name in to Seattle
because of a sketch that looked kind of like him.
You're the one that told them. You shouldn't be ashamed of that.
If you told them that, he deserves it, Liz.
Liz, you did the right thing.
You've just gotta let him go.
Mr. Simpson, your closing argument.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
You have been witness to the unspeakable horrors
of the defendant's heinous crimes.
You have seen ghastly injuries:
smashed-in faces, broken jaws.
The bite-mark carnage of a predator.
TED: Ladies and gentlemen,
there are two ways for police to investigate crimes.
They can go to a crime scene,
search for clues
and follow those clues to a logical conclusion.
We have provided forensic expert testimony
to corroborate every last bit of evidence.
Or they can begin with a suspect,
decide on that suspect,
and then somehow make all of the evidence fit
only that suspect.
You've seen the bottle of hair mist he used
to sexually penetrate one of the victims
in a manner so savage,
it ruptured her internal organs.
It is clearly a charade to cast an innocent man
as some sort of monster in a horror film.
We have placed the defendant at the scene of the crime.
Their own witness testified that the man wore a mask,
obscuring half of his face.
You've seen the oak log he used to bludgeon these poor victims.
The lighting was low.
The State of Florida has proved beyond all reasonable doubt
that the defendant, Theodore Robert Bundy,
is guilty of two murders in the first degree
and three attempted murders.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am... that innocent suspect.
Ted, Ted. Is this really just a case of wrong place, wrong time?
You know, police, they just want to solve crimes.
Sometimes they don't think things all the way through.
They are willing to take the convenient alternative,
and in this case, the convenient alternative was me.
Ted, we have a verdict.
- Here comes the verdict. - Oh, my gosh. Seven hours?
(KEYS RATTLE)
Well, bless their hearts.
Ted.
You know that future you saw for us?
The one with the house and the dog and the car?
Yeah, yeah.
Well...
Now there's gonna be another part to that future.
Ted. It's time to go.
Ted.
Yeah, I'm just... Yeah.
Er, I'll... One... Just one moment. Um...
(CHUCKLES)
Let's go finish this thing.
(CHUCKLES)
I am in receipt of the jury's verdict, bailiff.
Would you deliver this to the clerk for pronouncement?
Will the defendant rise?
We, the jury, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, find the defendant,
Theodore Robert Bundy,
on the count of murder in the first degree of Lisa Levy,
- guilty as charged. - (GASPS)
On the count of murder in the first degree of Margaret Bowman,
guilty as charged.
On the count of attempted murder in the first degree of Karen Chandler,
guilty as charged.
On the count of attempted murder in the first degree
of Kathy Kleiner, guilty as charged.
On the count of attempted murder in the first degree of Cheryl Thomas,
- guilty as charged. So say we all. - (SOUND FADES)
TED'S MOTHER: I consider the death penalty to be one of the most primitive,
barbaric things one human can impose on another.
My Christian upbringing tells me that
to take another's life under any circumstance is wrong.
And I don't believe that the State of Florida is above the laws of God.
Thank you, ma'am.
COWART: Bless you.
I certainly agree, it is...
always a tragedy
when any life is taken against one's will.
It is this court's reasoned judgment
you be adjudicated guilty of murder in the first degree.
That the killings were indeed atrocious and cruel in that they were
extremely wicked,
shockingly evil,
vile,
and with utter indifference to human life.
And that you shall be put to death
by a current of electricity that shall pass through your body
until you are dead.
I understand you have a statement you'd like to make
and you may do so now.
I won't ask for mercy.
In fact...
I find it absurd to ask for mercy for something that I did not do.
I'm not the one responsible for these...
horrific acts.
Although the verdict found, in part,
that these crimes had been committed,
it erred in finding who committed them.
As a consequence,
I do not accept the sentence
as it is not a sentence of me.
It is a sentence of someone else
who is not standing here today.
The court is going to sentence the person found guilty of the offense.
Your name, sir, was on that verdict.
Take care of yourself, young man.
I say that to you sincerely.
Take care of yourself.
You're a bright young man.
You'd have made a good lawyer.
I would have loved to have you practice in front of me.
But you went a different way, partner.
It has been a tragedy for this court to see
the total waste of humanity that we have experienced here.
I don't have any animosity toward you.
I want you to know that.
Take care of yourself.
(SIGHS)
(SNIFFS)
(LIGHTS CLICK)
LIZ: So I know you're new here, but your numbers are incredibly high.
And you're doing an outstanding job so far.
- This is a wonderful place for women. - Liz?
- I thought you'd like to see this. - Thanks, Janet.
Would you, er... Would you give me a moment, please?
Of course.
(DOOR CLOSES)
TED: "Dear Liz,
this will be my last letter.
And if anyone deserves to hear it as it was, it's you.
I admit I am in a little trouble,
but it's all gonna work out. "
REPORTER: Convicted killer, Ted Bundy, scheduled to die
in Florida's electric chair tomorrow, today won a 24-hour stay.
REPORTER 2: Media crews from around the country
are here to document Bundy's every last move, meal and mood.
REPORTER 3: Authorities report that Bundy has asked to see his psychiatrist,
an apparent last-minute attempt to be declared incompetent for execution.
- (BUZZER) - (DOOR UNLOCKS)
(CHAINS RATTLE)
(HANDCUFFS CLICK)
(DOOR SLAMS)
That's a beautiful ring.
Do you remember the night we met?
We started with lies, Ted.
My love for you was never a lie.
I fell in love with you the moment I saw you.
I need to hear the truth from you now.
Come on, you know that I'm not capable of these crimes.
I would never hurt a woman.
Have I ever laid a hand on you? Have I ever raised my voice?
I'm the one who gave your name to the police.
What?
It was 1974
when they put that sketch in the paper of the man at Lake Sammamish
who used a fake cast to lure two young women
into his Volkswagen Bug.
Is he ever gonna find out that it was me who called?
OFFICER: No, ma 'am, he won't find out. Now what is your name?
I used to think that I ruined your life because my call to King County
made you the suspect in all those other cases.
For years, I've carried this guilt
that I'm to blame for everything.
Why would you blame yourself?
Because I could have helped save some of these girls,
if only I hadn't trusted you.
I can't live like this anymore, Ted.
It's not my guilt. It's yours.
Did you do these things,
Ted?
Of course not.
There are detectives from seven states out there,
lined up with arms of open case files expecting confessions.
I didn't do anything, Liz.
Then why are you going to tell them that you did?
That's what you're doing, right?
Trading the truth to buy more time.
I have to tell them what they wanna hear.
They will fry me any day now.
It's the only way to save my own life.
So, yes, I'm feeding them information, little bits of bullshit.
But none of it is true.
This is all gonna end.
It's only gonna end with the truth.
Did you do it?
No.
Denise Naslund and Janice Ott, the two young women from Lake Sammamish?
No.
The young woman from Utah who couldn't even look at you in court?
TED: No.
The Colorado women?
Oh, Liz.
You've always been so insatiable.
It's clear you've come here with an agenda.
And I'm sorry, I can't give you what you want.
The Chi Omega college girls from Florida?
Absolutely not.
One of your victims was a child, Ted.
Kimberly Leach.
She was 12. Twelve!
And I let you be alone with Molly!
I did not do these things, Liz!
Did you ever want to do them to me?
(SIGHS)
I wish that we could be alone.
Then we could really talk.
I can't tell you anything right now, Liz. There's people listening.
Are you telling me that you're sick, Ted?
Back off!
I told you the truth.
And now you need to do the same for me.
I've been suffocating.
All these years, I've had your hands around my neck.
Release me.
Not you, Liz.
Anyone but you.
(PAPER RUSTLES)
(PAPER SLIDES)
(TED INHALES)
It took me over a decade to look at this photo.
What happened to her head?
If she was deposited in the woods,
then animals could have conceivably done something like that.
Animals don't do that.
I'm not a bad guy.
You need to release me, Ted.
What happened to her head?
(PUTS RECEIVER DOWN)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(GLASS SQUEAKS)
(GLASS CONTINUES SQUEAKING)
(SAWING)
(SAWING INCREASES IN SPEED)
(SAWING STOPS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(SLAMS RECEIVER DOWN)
(DOOR OPENS)
- (DOOR SHUTS) - Hey.
(SIGHS)
Detective Fisher.
Let's begin.
(CHUCKLES)
(HEAVY ECHOING BREATHS)
- What are you doing? - Reading. I'm prepping for the trial.
- Promise you'll never leave me, Liz. - (BARKS)
- (TED BARKS) - (LIZ LAUGHS)
I don't even know your name.
Oh, here she is.
You all right?
- I am. - I'm proud of you, Mom.
The media are the ones that are making him the prime suspect. We are not.
MAN: You are not guilty?
I am not guilty. (LAUGHS)
Does that... Does that include the time
I stole a comic book when I was five years old?
(LAUGHS) I am not guilty of the charges which have been filed against me.
Step out, Mr. Bundy.
What do we have here? Let's see. Oh, it's an indictment.
All right. Why don't you read it to me?
You're up for election, aren't you?
- Mr. Bundy... - You told me you were gonna get me.
He said he was gonna get me.
OK, you got the indictment. It's all you're gonna get.
Just read it. Let's go.
REPORTER: Carole Boone believes Bundy is completely innocent.
Let me put it this way. I don't think that Ted belongs in jail.
The things in Florida don't concern me
any more than the things out West do.
REPORTER: Bundy had refused to show up on time,
protesting conditions at the Dade County jail.
Since I have been in Dade County...
COWART: Don't shake your finger at me, young man.
Don't shake your finger at me, young man.
REPORTER: Defense attorneys have found Theodore Bundy to be a difficult client.
Bundy appeared to find this humorous.
Er... He just seemed like a normal...
a normal person that, er,
didn't seem like he would use any kind of violence on anyone.
REPORTER: The most important evidence in the trial
was the bite-mark testimony.
And the bite mark, that was the most damaging evidence.
We're very satisfied with what verdict we did get in this case.
We couldn't have expected it to be any better than it was.
I consider it, the death penalty itself, to be
the most primitive, barbaric thing that one...
that a human being can impose upon another.
It's a tragedy to this court to see
such a total waste, I think, of humanity
that I've experienced in this court.
You're a bright young man.
You'd have made a good lawyer.
I'd have loved to have you practice in front of me,
but you went another way, partner.
REPORTER: The signal came early. Ted Bundy was dead.
(CHEERING)
REPORTER: Hundreds of onlookers were in a festive mood.
For the man who murdered dozens of women,
the irony of the final act of justice
is that it may have been carried out by a female executioner,
hidden from Bundy and others by a black hood.
MAN: You don't change, you stay Ted Bundy 24 hours a day?
(LAUGHS)
Well...
Er, gee, that name sounds funny.
You know, I hear Ted Bundy in so many different contexts.
I stay me.
(BUNDY ON TAPE)
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